[nuwildcat]

So I am trying to create a fictional 32 team league with 5 minor league teams for each. I am using the real team names and logos for both the major league teams and minor league teams as well. What I am trying to do is basically create a league of fictional players but with real life finances for the teams.

I go through the game creation process, and have even made a league template and get to the inaugural draft. From using other leagues, it seems that the best way to achieve the financial settings I am looking for involves using the Draft with a fixed budget option. I then set a budget for each team close to their real life actual payroll (teams range from $80 mil to $210 mil). After doing this I also hit the recalculate player demands button to make sure the demands match these budget settings. I also should say that I am using the default financial settings for new league creation.

Then I run the draft using the complete draft feature, and look at the team payroll reports. Every player for every team only has minor league contracts.

What went wrong and how can I fix it? I have tried this many different times and have come up with the same error. If there is any other way to make it so the bigger teams have bigger payrolls at the start of a fictional game, I am all ears. I have tried to have new fictional contracts created after the draft, but this does not achieve the desired effect as many of the smallest teams have the highest payrolls.

One other comment, when I do this using the MLB default setup, this problem does not occur.

Thanks for anyone's help in advance.